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izanaki_misa
01 December 2009 @ 11:27 am
I swear this month just snuck up on me. Maybe the Christmas spirit will show up soon too. I'm not quite feeling it yet. I have been getting my Christmas shopping done though. Yay internet! I'm determined to do as little physical shopping mainly because I dislike crowds.

I also have an empire army to paint, which I'm not minding too much. I just hope I can get it done by Feb. There are a lot of models but the color scheme is pretty easy so it shouldn't be too bad. Of course, I've paited one mini so far so we'll see how I feel after a whole unit of guys. *sigh*

Oh, and I have a Christmas short story coming out, I think, next saturday. I'm pretty happy with it especially because there's a were-squirrel in it... and I really dig squirrels. More on that a little later... I mean the story, not my weird obsession with squirrels.
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izanaki_misa
16 November 2009 @ 10:01 am
Probably should have updated this sooner but the fall/winter lethargy has set in and I really haven't felt like doing much of anything. *sigh* I do, however, have a new story out this week, well, this past saturday. It's called A Friend In Need and it's part of the Arcana line at Torquere. If you've read 'Hungry Ghosts' my Halloween sip from last year, you'll recognize Tatsu and Kevin. That last story left Tatsu in the hands of Kage a bakeneko (a sort of demon or spirit cat). Tatsu thought everything would work out but he was wrong and turns to Kevin for help.

Here's the blurb and a link to buy.

Blurb: Kevin and Tatsu were best friends at least until Tatsu got himself a new boyfriend and disappeared on Kevin. Late one night, Tatsu shows up on Kevin’s doorstep looking battered and scared. His boyfriend is not what he seems to be and Tatsu is looking for a place to hide, someplace safe. Kevin is more than willing to help, but will it be enough?

link: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2312

In other news, I finally finished the squirrel shifter story that has been bumping around in my head for the last few months. Yup, you read right, a weresquirrel. It'll be part of the Holiday Sip Extravaganza at Torquere. I'll post the release date and other info once I know more.

I'm also working on something with Evan and Varian from Ride the Tiger but we'll see what happens with that.

That's about it, besides the Christmas shopping that I want to start early and the large pile of Warhammer miniatures I have to paint for the hubby's current army...
 
 
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izanaki_misa
30 October 2009 @ 02:26 pm

I really need to plan better... or at least think of things sooner. I love Halloween and usually feel the need to figure out a costume even if it is just to wear to work. I also have a tendency to wait to the last minute to do it. This year was no different. I wanted to makee Max's wolf pajamas from 'Where the Wild Things Are' but I couldn't find the fabric or the pattern in time. That was last week... on monday I got the headless horseman idea which involved parts of older costumes and a pumpkin on my head. I was hoping for one of those foam craft pumpkins but I couldn't find one big enough for my head so (I thought of making a paper mache one too, but didnt' have enough time for that...) so I ended up with a real pumpkin on my head. It looked pretty cool but damn that pumpkin was heavy.

It was fun to carve though, but still, I can't imagine wearing it for any length of time. Next year I'm going to plan early... really I am.

Anyway, here's a pic of the costume.




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izanaki_misa
06 October 2009 @ 11:45 am

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Seriously, how can you miss with costumes and candy? I love dressing up. I used to make a new costume every year but I'm not sure about this Halloween. Lethargy has set in along with a head cold which is putting a serious damper on my Halloween spirit. *sigh*

I do have a short story in this year's Halloween Sip Blitz, though so maybe I'll just dress up vicariously through my boys. The story is 'Dressing Up is Half the Fun' and it features Max, The Body Shop's costume designer and his tattoo artist boyfriend Ravi.  (You can also find these two in 'Painted Wings' which is part of the Body Paint Toybox.)

In this one, Ravi gets an invite to one of the hottest Halloween parties around and, of course, he and Max have to decide on costumes. It's harder than is sounds considering that Max is usually so busy making costumes for his co-workers that he rarely gets to make something for himself.

This story should be out in the next few weeks.

Here's the snippet. Enjoy!

WS fun with Max and Ravi )
 
 
izanaki_misa
22 September 2009 @ 11:40 am
Yeah...

I've been meaning to update sooner and more often, really I have. The only problem I'm having is that aside from the writing updates and the occational rant, my life just isn't that interesting. I seriously doubt that anyone wants to read about my job or the random crap I do at my desk to keep the bordom away. 

I know, I know I should quit and get something better or at least more interesting. The problem is that I don't know what I want to do. Okay, that's not entirely true... I want to keep writing. That's a given, but it also doesn't really pay the bills. I guess, I could try and write in a different genre and stop writing for such a niche (as the hubby calls it) market. But I don't know how that would work out either. I enjoy writing what I do and I'd hate to turn my back on my muses just to make a buck (or at least attempt to).

Either way, it's kind of a downer... add in the fact that I'm crazy and I still miss our cat who died five years ago and that I'm having a pretty crappy day... and I'm about ready to crawl under my desk until it's time to go home. I don't think it would help though.

Okay, enough of that.... I'm supposed to be updating.

I have two stories coming out soon. The first is Wings of Chance which is part of the Charity Sip Blitz over at Torqure Press. All the monies made on these stories is going to charity so check it out. I think the Charity Sips come out on the 30th of September but I'm not totally sure.

My other story is a Halloween one and that'll be out as part of the usual Halloween Sip blitz that happens in October. That story is Dressing Up Is Half the Fun  and involves getting dressed up in costume...and of course getting out of them.

Nothing else is really going on... I've been working on the Eldar for Warhammer 40K, writting the squirrel shapeshifter story that's been brewing in my head for a while... oh, and playing World of Warcraft.

It's Brewfest right now and there has been lots of drinking, at least for my character...definately need the pink elek pet.
 
 
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izanaki_misa
04 September 2009 @ 11:04 am

Okay, I'm woefully late with the writing update. I had two stories out on August 19. The first was 'Painted Wings' which is part of the Toybox: Body Paint anthology. This is my first story with Max, The Body Shop's resident costume designer and his lover Ravi. Max is sweet and a little shy but Ravi is patient and more than willing to coax him into things.

The other story that's out is 'Feeding Dragons' my story for the Spice It Up line. My spice was wasabi and the story involves Rian who's a cook in a small Japanese restaurant and Tai the handsome and rich business man...sorry, dragon that shows up in his life.

Painted Wings can be found here: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&manufacturers_id=107&products_id=2124

Feeding Dragons can be found here: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&manufacturers_id=107&products_id=2118

This would have been up sooner but family obligations dragged me across the ocean to my mom's place and it's so hard to update with dial up. We were also really busy while I was back there, but now I'm home again and hopefully I can catch up.

Of course, I'm playing WoW and now Final Fantasy Dissidia... so we'll see how well the updating goes.

There will be more later, I have three or four more stories coming out before the year is out and I need to talk about those at some point, right?

Okay, back to work for me.
 
 
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izanaki_misa
03 August 2009 @ 03:52 pm
Time really flies when you're lurking around the internets. I was going to throw up another post in July but then I turn around and it's August already. *sigh*

Anyways, on the writing front, I have two stories coming out on the 19th. The first is 'Painted Wings' which is part of the Body Paint Toybox which involves Max, the costume designer at The Body Shop and his tattoo artist boyfriend Ravi. The second is 'Feeding Dragons' which is part of the Spice It Up line (my spice was Wasabi). In that one you get to meet Rian and his dragon Tai.

I also have a story submited for the Charity Sip Blitz and one in for the Halloween Sip Blitz and I'm currently working on something new to submit a little later.  More news on all that once I find out more.

Oh, and before I forget I'm hosting the Torquere social LJ on Wednesday (Aug 5th). I'll be posting snippets and talking about random stuff.

I haven't been doing much else besides writing. I'm trying to get my twenty questions done for a D&D campaign that the hubby will be running, I just have to settle on names and finish writing everything out, oh and make my character...that would help to. It's our first time with 4th ed. and I'm not sure if I like it or not. It feels an awful lot like WoW and if I wanted to play that, I'd get on my computer and play WoW. We'll see though.

There has been slight progress on the Eldar army though, everything except for 5 wraith guard and the spirit seer is based and ready to be primed and painted. Granted most of that was done yesterday but it's still a hell of a lot more then I've don to them in a while. Maybe I'll actually get something painted this week. You never know.

Hopefully this won't be my only update this month...
 
 
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izanaki_misa
13 July 2009 @ 09:20 am
Still alive, though I am a little sleepy. I've been meaning to update sooner but I've been distracted by WoW and writing. I had three stories to do in the last month or so and one more to get done by Sept. 1. Two of those are done and one is in progress, so everything should work out. Hopefully.

In World of Warcrack... I mean Warcraft news, I did my first 10 man raid with our guild on friday. It was Obsidian Sanctum and I only got hit by the lava wall twice...out of three times, but at least I didn't die. I'm also trying out a new attack rotation. It's alot more complicated then my old one (I have to keep track of four or five different things as opposed to hitting two buttons constantly.) but I hit harder... I think. 

I also have a new layout for my lj thanks to  [info]pegasus . Yay catboys! 

That's it for now. Hopefully there won't be another three weeks between posts. 
 
 
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izanaki_misa
17 June 2009 @ 08:59 am

Hey All,

I have a new story out today. It's called 'Running Wild' and is part of the K-9 taste test. Hot werewolves anyone?

Here's the blurb: 

Fen is worried that he's lost Loki forever when he finally finds his lover at the pound. Loki needs more than the city life that Fen is so accustomed to, and Fen needs to find a way to give it to him before it's too late.

Fen's human-born and a self proclaimed city boy while Loki is wolf-born and prefers the woods to the city. They love each other but is that enough?

Buy it here: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2022

I'm also up on the GLBT Bookshelf. Well, mostly up. I'm still working on getting all my stories linked properly.

 
 
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izanaki_misa
So we went to see the new Star Trek movie...and well, I should have listened to my gut.

I will say this much, Carl Urban as Dr. McCoy was awsome and the guy playing Spock was pretty good too. Too bad they couldn't make up for the bad writing. Sure the special effects were shiny and the ships were all sparkly and new (unless you went down to the engine room which looked like some sort of industrial factory or set from some cheesy post-apocolyptic movie) but there were a lot of things that just didn't make any sense...even if you aren't a trek fan.

Nero (the bad guy) was one dementional added nothing to the movie and Kirk was beyond obnoxious and there were plot holes big enough to fly shuttlecraft through. It was kind of funny though, that the had to at some point in the movie make it very clear that they were in an alternate universe and that they didn't just alter the time line. Was that supposed to make people feel better about what they were watching? It didn't make me feel better... but that's just me.

I'm just happy that the hubby's head didn't explode during the movie. 
 
 
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izanaki_misa
One of my favorite genres to write in is urban fantasy. There is something really cool setting fantasy type characters in the urban sprawl of a big city or mixing magic with tech. Well, that and I have a thing for elves...and I really like the idea of a hot elf guy in a business suit or better yet, tight jeans and a t-shirt. *sigh* Besides that though, my muses are creatures of comfort and like having things like hot showers and flush toilets.

Everytime I even think about writing something not modern the boys pipe in asking about where they're going to the bathroom or showering, which can complicate things...

Anyone else like mixing genres? What do you like to read/write?
 
 
izanaki_misa

Just a random thought really. The new Star Trek movie came out a couple weeks ago and I've had this quandary ever since. I mean it can't be that bad right? It's been getting good reviews and a lot people seem to like it. Despite that, I can't shake the feeling that it's going to be bad and that I'm going to walk away from the theater annoyed and maybe even angry. Of course there's the other side to that, what if it's a really good movie and I'm just being weird and overly critical just because it's changing something I enjoyed.

I liked the original series, more so because of the social commentary that was present even if it was hidden special effects and somewhat cheesy aliens. I liked most of the movies, yes, even some of the odd number ones... (Star Trek the Motion Picture put me to sleep and Generations and Nemesis were the worst of the bunch along with Start Trek V.)  I was leery of Star Trek: Next Gen because it was a new crew and Deep Space 9 because the characters were on a space station instead of a ship but I liked both of them. Okay so the gut was wrong about about Next Gen and DS9 so it's possible that it could be wrong about the new movie, right?

I can always hope... though it's not looking good. I was already worried when I read that it was going to be a prequel featureing the characters from the original series. Then I read a synopsis for the plot and things started to go down hill from there. Firstly it's a reboot... Apparently JJ Abrams and his screenwriters didn't like the old Star Trek Universe and decided to throw out it the proverbial window and make one that they liked better. That seems like a 'screw you' to the last 30+ years of shows and movies and frankly I'm a little bitter.

I'm not against reboots... This one just doesn't sound very good.

Okay, now some people are saying that it's not a reboot but an alternate time-line/universe. Supposedly now there are two Star Trek universes; the one the new movie takes place in and the Star Trek Prime universe where everything else happens. I guess it's their way of saying, "Yeah, we're changing everything but it's okay 'cause the trek you know and love is still exists...we won't do anything with it but it's still there..."   And frankly that rubs me the wrong way too.

There's also the fact that the story doesn't sound very good and the fact that even people who liked the movie complained about bad writing. I'd get into that too, but I'll leave that to after I see it so I can judge it better.

So do I go with my gut feeling and not see it or do I go and hope to be proven wrong and ignore the screaming voice in my head that keeps telling me that it's all wrong and that it's not Trek? At least, if I go see it and hate it, I will be justified in my anger right?

That's what I keep telling myself... and the hubby who's pretty damned sure that the movie will blow.

 

 
 
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izanaki_misa
20 May 2009 @ 09:12 am
New story out today! Curiosity is part of of the Toybox: Biting anthology. This one involves Kale, the owner and manager of The Body Shop and his lover and bartender Dante.  

Here's the blurb:

In Curiosity by Misa Izanaki, bartender Dante wants his half-vampire lover Kale to bite him. Kale is hesitant, afraid he'll go too far and hurt his sweet lover. But will refusing his lover this request do as much damage as granting it could? Jourdan Lane's offering, Clarity, brings us back to the world of Soul Mates. In this story Caleb's punishment is coming to an end and he is finally allowed to feed again. While he'd love to begin with master vampire Lucien, it is his lover Xander he turns to.

And finally, in Keifer and Me, Mike Shade brings us the reunion of Davey with his lover Kiefer after a year's separation. Keifer's promised him a homecoming Davey won't forget, but when Keifer starts talking about being a werewolf, Davey has to wonder if he's going to have to have Keifer committed. Who doesn't love it when the boys get a little toothy?

And a snippet:
more with Kale and Dante )
 
 
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izanaki_misa
18 May 2009 @ 10:18 am

Yup, there's a shiny new website up for me and the muses. Not everything's up yet, but it's getting there.

You can find it here:  http://izanaki-misa.com


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izanaki_misa
03 April 2009 @ 03:12 pm
Can you tell I like weekends?

First a writing update... I have a new story coming out tomorrow through Torquere press as part of the arcana line (the author picks a tarot card and writes a story that deals with the meaning or imagery of said card).  I picked the six of swords and the story is called 'Ride the Tiger'.

In this one you get to meet Evan and Varian, two newbies to The Body Shop. Evan is Dante's twin brother and shows up at the club after getting beaten up by his abusive boyfriend. Varian is a weretiger and the newest bouncer at The Body Shop who also happens to have a protective streak a mile wide.

I like both characters a lot...then again, it's hard not to. I'd hate to think how things would be if I have people I didn't like poking at my brain.

I also have a story in the Biting Toybox which comes out next month. That one is with Kale and Dante and what happens when Dante tries to get Kale to indulge in his vampiric nature.

And thanks to a little coaxing, I'm working on something for a World of Warcraft writing contest.

I've been very good about this and my two main characters are not lovers and have not had sex...on paper at least. What ever they do in their free time is up to them. *sigh*

Besides the writing stuff, nothing is really going on. My druid is slowly making her way to lvl 80. Oh, and I'm learning how to drive. I know it's something I have to do but it's also kind of nervewracking... I'm not a big fan of other cars right now, but hopefully I'll get used to it...hopefully.

Is it time to go home yet?
 
 
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izanaki_misa
12 March 2009 @ 04:30 pm
Okay, I thought I'd stop lurking for a moment and actually post an update. I meant to do this sooner but kept getting distracted...

Anyway, on the writing front, I got two short stories done and submitted to Torquere press.  The first one is with Kale and Dante and the other is with two new werewolves that showed up in my head a couple weeks ago. I wasn't going to argue with the werewolves...especially since they showed up with names and everything. 

I'm also still working on my story with the cook and the shapeshifting dragon. That's going a little slower then I'd like but I'm determined to get it done by the end of the month. We'll see if that happens or not, though.

I'm also building a new army... this one's for Warhammer 40k. It's sci-fi and I have space elves. Big surprise. The eldar (space elves) are pretty cool and they have a really interesting if not depressing back story. If you want a sampling of the Eldar find the Dawn of War II trailer on Youtube.

It's not like I needed any more stuff to paint... but at least it'll be a break from my knights and maybe get me excited about painting again.

I'm also still not level 80 yet in WoW... I did finally get my penguin though. Yay!

Next post will be more interesting... or at least have pictures... or something.
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izanaki_misa
09 February 2009 @ 10:59 am

I've been trying to get more writing done, emphasis on the trying part. I'm trying to get one story finished so I can start the werewolf one stewing in the back of my head. That one needs to be done by the end of the month so I can get it submitted in early march.

Unfortunately I'm also playing World of Warcraft and sometimes that gets in the way. I keep thinking that I'll just get on and do a couple quests and then go write for a bit. What happens instead is that I get caught up in stuff... sometimes I just need to see what happens at the end of a quest chain, or I just get distracted oogling at the dragons who happen to take the forms of really hot (and very tall) blood elves.

It's probably a good thing that my laptop can't run the game or I'd never get anything done.

Anyway, since I'm talking about WoW here I thought I'd share my characters. The first is Savarna my druid. She's a feral druid which means she spends most of her time in cat form or (reluctantly...) bear form (cat form hits harder damage wise and can sneak around but bear is tougher and can do damage to multiple enemies).

The second is Seregil, my death knight. I so needed a blood elf character. What can I say, the guys are really hot and they can have anime hair, which makes making characters very entertaining.

 I also have to say that the starter quests for death knights are really cool. Then again, I'm kind of partial to the whole anti-hero finding salvation thing. When you start a death knight your character is evil and in the service of Arthas who is the big bad guy in the current expansion but you break free of his control and become a hero.

 

Now the only trick is prying myself away from questing and actually trying to get something more productive done. *sigh*

 
 
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izanaki_misa
27 January 2009 @ 02:49 pm
I'm at work and not feeling the piles of paperwork on my desk right now so I thought I'd update. Yes, it's been a while and while the whole updating once a week thing sounded like a good idea at the time it's not working. I have a hard time posting unless something interesting is going on.

I guess I could always just ramble about WoW but I'm sure no one's really interested in my druid or the fact that she's lvl 74 or that she can make a gun that can turn people into chickens. Yes, chickens. I can also make exploding sheep but that's beside the point. 

This weekend I'm going to try and take pictures of some of some of my knights and get those posted. I've been saying that for a while now but I acutally know where the camera is right now so it might actually get done.

I'm writing too. I have a couple of new story ideas lurking at the bottom of my purse that will get worked on as soon as my current project gets done.

Okay, back to lurking for me.

 
 
 
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izanaki_misa
05 January 2009 @ 01:33 pm
So much for me updating every week... I got a little distracted by the holidays, okay, and World of Warcraft. There was lots of World of Warcraft going on during Christmas and New Years. Unfortunately that also means that I got nothing done on the story I was working on. Ooops... it probably a good thing that it's not due until May.

I really want to get that one done sooner then that though, so I can work on other stuff. Maybe I'll even work on something long... I don't know, yet. It seems that the muses are still recovering from the long weekends.  It's weird to only have two stories scheduled for release this year... especially considering I had 12 last year. I guess it's okay since it's still January, I just need to get my butt in gear and start writing again.

In case anyone's wondering, the first story should be out in April for the Arcana line from Torquere. I'm weirdly attached to this story since it involves Evan, my angsty muse and Varian, who's a were tiger.

The other story (which is still a work in progress) should be out in August and involves a cook and a shapeshifting dragon. It makes more sense in context... trust me.

Hmm, what else is going on? Um, I'm pondering a website, really behind in painting my warhammer army and I'm hosting the Torquere press LJ next week (wednesday Jan 14) and I have an ask the author day this friday on the Torquere social group.

I have no clue what I'm going to post about on my lj day but I'll figure something out. mwah ha ha... um yeah.

Something on a sadder note, the local comic and game store, that me and the hubby used to hang out at ,closed sunday. The shop had been around for 13 years and we spent a lot of time there playing games and hanging around with our friends. Hell, I worked there while I was in college and the hubby even proposed to me there. It was kind of romantic, in a geeky sort of way, and we'll miss the place.  

That's it for now. There will be another post next week even if it's just something short, random or both.
 
 
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izanaki_misa
15 December 2008 @ 10:49 am
I've decided that I'm going to try my damnedest to post something on lj every week. It may be just random stuff going on in my head or  something with the muses or, like today, a list of things I need to remember...

Finish Christmas shopping... I need to buy stuff and get it mailed like tomorrow. Especially since most of the family lives in Hawaii... one of the two states that Priority mail usual 3-5 days is not guarenteed to (Yup, there and Alaska... *sigh*)

Find Christmas spirit... it might be under a rock or something. I'm just not feeling the season. Don't know why but I've just been kind of 'meh' about the whole thing. The only thing vaguely Christmas-y in the apartment right now is the Christmas pudding and that's only because the hubby really, really wanted to try it. I'm leery because is sounds suspiciously like fruitcake... either way, thank you to the BBC America catolog for having a ready made Christmas pudding that can be steamed or microwaved.

Write weresquirrel story... I have no idea what's going to happen yet but I feel the need to include a hot guy who happens to turn into a squirrel in a story...maybe he'll keep the awsome tail in both forms... and the love of nuts, but anyway...

Make cookies...now if I could only find the pieces to my cookie gun.

Get rid of cold... yeah, I'm tired of being leaky and having my head feel like an over-ripe pumkin.

And last but not least, push Christmas story... I have a new one coming out this week or next. It's called 'Tails and Teapots' and involved a bartender, a tanuki (shapeshifting raccoon dog from Japanese folktales) and of course The Body Shop.
 
 
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